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Cover story: Jade

Welcome to the world of white gold, rubies, mink coats, champagne  oh, and dogs, goats, and a self-sustaining farm in Ibiza. Jade Jagger tells Shane Watson why she doesn't believe in monogamy (thanks, Dad) why she works for a living (thanks, Dad) and why she loves the hippie lifestyle  as long as there's a bit of Balenciaga thrown in

In the middle of the Style photo shoot, there is a props table covered in precious loot, including four gold candlesticks (worth £80,000), several diamond-encrusted pendants and a huge diamond-and-white-gold dagger cross. Jade Jagger, wearing a black catsuit and extremely high-heeled boots, is idly picking through the jewellery with the expression of someone accustomed to the finer things in life.

Besides the painted-on body suit, she’s got a glossy, high ponytail, and, between shots, she crosses the studio with a Mae West slink to slip on her own white mink coat. She looks like some kind of exotic double agent. “Wow! You look foxy, Jade!” coos the PR, and Jade gives her a look that’s at the very low end of pleased. The look says: “Maybe. Who cares? What’s next?”

It is hard to think of a child of the rockocracy who has lived up to our expectations quite so